[webrian]

This is Brian. Brian is a whale.

Not the kind that lives in the ocean. That kind of whale is way cooler than Brian.

Brian is an OOTP Perfect Team whale.

Brian wanted a good team. So Brian wanted good cards. Good cards = good team in Brian's mind.

Brian is impatient and unimaginative.

Brian likes to win. Winning is fun. OOTP Perfect Team is fun.

But sometimes winning isn't as fun as it should be.

Brian's team was 18 games over .500 after 42 games.

Brian stacked up his team with lots and lots and lots of gold players, diamond players, and even some perfect players.

Brian plays in a Silver league.

Brian thought others would stack their teams too. That was Brian's excuse.

But really Brian just wanted all the good cards. Like most 11-year-olds. Of course, Brian is wayyyyyyyy older than 11.

Brian feels bad.

Silver, Bronze and Iron leagues are for having fun, for seeing surprising seasons from half-forgotten players, for discovering hidden gems.

Brian had to bring his Formula 1 car to the go-kart track.

Brian had to "dominate."

Now Brian knows he isn't dominating anything.

He lost sight of what made the game fun in the first place.

Don't be like Brian.

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